Word: pete
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...course, the Columbia University professor has to take a few digs at Harvard. Cambridge City cop Pete Grandeville notes early on that "there was at least one French Canadian from North Cambridge who had a touch of class and a Harvard-caliber brain." "Since Pete had not been expecting to leave the tense intellectual environment of Harvard all day, he was delighted to encounter someone who was both relaxed and willing to tell him interesting things," the author remarks later. Columbia University is significantly absent from the novel...
Alfano's Pizza and Spaghetti Restaurant in tiny Oregon, Ill. (pop. 3,800), was a classic mom-and-pop eatery. The friendly Sicilian owner, Pietro ("Pete") Alfano, often tied on an apron and made the pizza himself. Townsfolk were understandably shocked last week when federal authorities arrested Pete, calling him a "main contact point in the United States" for an international drug-trafficking ring run by one of New York City's major Mafia families...
...MARRIED. Pete Rose, 43, record-racking baseball superstar, now playing left field for the Montreal Expos; and Carol Woliung, 29, a former model from Lawrenceburg, Ind.; both for the second time; in Cincinnati. Rose hoped to celebrate the occasion by getting his 4,000th career hit in his home town, against the Cincinnati Reds, but failed. On his next outing, the day before his birthday, he doubled against the Phillies in Montreal and became the second man, after Ty Cobb in 1927, to reach...
Davis noted recently, however, that the court's ruling pertained only to his own move. "It does not give anyone else in the league the right to move." Though NFL, commissioner Pete Rozelle predicted ruefully that the Davis decision would herald an era of "free agent franchises," he has refused to put the Irsay move to a vote, bowing before the Mammon of professional sport--money. An owner will be understandably reluctant to veto a profitable relocation when he may be the next to require his peers' approval...
Larry Parrish drove in two runs with a bases-loaded single and Pete O'Brien homered last night, helping the Texas Rangers to an 8-4 victory over the Boston...